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*Subclinical mastitis in cattle

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*Found in teat cistern

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*Causes mild neutrophil response in teat canal of healthy dairy cows and may protect against invasion from more pathogenic bacteria

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| ''C.bovis''

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''Corynebacterium bovis'' is a species of the ''[[Corynebacterium species - Overview|Corynebacterium]]'' genus. It causes subclinical [[Mastitis|mastitis]] in cattle.

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It is found in the teat cistern and causes a mild neutrophil response in the teat canal of healthy dairy cows and may protect against invasion from more pathogenic bacteria.

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''C.bovis'' is the only pathogenic ''[[Corynebacterium species - Overview|Corynebacterium]]'' species that does not produce urease. It is a lipophilic bacterium that produces small, white, dry, non-haemolytic colonies on plates inoculated with bovine milk.

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